Preface of ICAFS 2019 Proceedings

Abstract

We are glad to introduce you that the 2019 International Conference on Agricultural and Food Science (3rd ICAFS2019) was successfully held during December 8-10, 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.The ICAFS 2019 was organized by Asia-Pacific Association of Science, Engineering and Technology, Bahri Dağdaş International Agricultural Research Institute, in collaboration with multiple academic affiliations. In 2019 it was the 3rd ICAFS. Previous ICAFS were successfully held in Istanbul, Turkey (2018) and Lahore, Pakistan (2017).It has been designed to provide an innovative and comprehensive overview of agricultural and food sciences. A focus was given on: Animal & Plant Sciences; Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences; Aquiculture and Fishery Sciences; Soil & Environmental Science; Food Science and Technology; Agricultural Environment, Sustainable and Resources, etc.Various disciplines, including biology, nutrition, chemistry, biotechnology, microbiology, genomics, toxicology, etc., are contributing to agricultural and food sciences. Merging interdisciplinary is the stew in which creativity and innovation thrive. Such interactive creates insights by exposing researchers to ideas from other disciplines besides their own area of specialization. In this conference, we intended to present and discuss various themes from the aspect of fundamental as well as application parts.We are glad to share with you that we have received lots of submissions from the conference. Hence, we selected a bunch of high-quality papers and compiled them into the proceedings after rigorously reviewed them. All the papers have been through rigorous review and process to meet the requirements of International publication standard.Lastly, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to the Chairman, all members of conference committee, the distinguished keynote speakers, as well as all the participants. We would like to thank all of the reviewers and members of conference committee who have dedicated their constant support and countless time to bring these scratches into the proceedings. We also want to thank the publisher for publishing the proceedings. May the readers could enjoy the gain some valuable knowledge from the proceedings. We encourage all of you to keep supporting the conference and sharing your knowledge and professional expertise, and we are expecting more and more experts and scholars from all over the world to join this international event next year.ICAFS2019 Organizing Committee